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  1. The King's Choice an alternative Norway

    The Norwegian Film the King's Choice was recently shown of Channel 4 based on the dilemma facing Haakon V11 when Germany invaded Norway in 1940. The foreign minister sought accommodation with the Germans but the invading forces were impatient and sought to impose Quisling on the country also...

  2. A black Dr Who: The Alternate History of Gallifree

    Dr Who’s last regeneration was as a woman which some people have regarded as political correctness gone mad. Possibly less contentious would have been a black Dr Who. However, portrayals of Time Lords have tended to be elderly white men and there appears to be no evidence of a black community on...

  3. The Caliphates continue

    I am referring to the caliphate of the middle ages and north Africa and not to current attempts by Islamist extremists such as ISIL to form a caliphate which bears no resemblance to the Abbasid, Umayyad and Fatimid caliphates which were relatively open and inclusive not by present day standards...

  4. Was the transatlantic slave trade essential for the industrialisation and economic de

    Question to consider- Was the transatlantic slave trade essential for the industrialisation and economic development of Western Europe. The neo-Marxist analysis of slavery suggests it was Yes- The triangle trade was essential in providing raw materials for the industrial revolution Slavery...

  5. No 1976 sex discrimination act

    In 1976 sex discrimination was outlawed in the United Kingdom. What would have happened if the legislation wasn't passed? Would it have had any major effect on unemployment figures would male unemployment have been lower? some changes were already taking place from the 60's onwards such as women...

  6. Kowlski Company of the dead

    Has anyone read this? It is not strictly speajking AH but more a time travel paradox story. The diveregence point occurs on the Titanic when a time traveller attempts to avert the disaster but merely delays it with unintended consequences which result in the United States remaining neutral in...

  7. No Jameson Raid

    Arguably this may belong in the after 1900 section as although the event was in 1896 its consequences lasted some time afterwards. In 1896 Dr Jameson lead a raid into the Transvaal in the hopes of fermenting an Uitlander uprising against the Boers. It was a failure, Jameson and his nmen were...

  8. No Nelson Mandela?

    Nelson Mandela played and major role in bringing about a peaceful transformation of power in South Africa but what if he wasn't there? Suppose the judge in the Rivonia trial had passed the death sentence? Would the transfer of power have been peaceful?

  9. The Windsor Faction

    Or it could be called Beverley Nicholls writes the King's Speech. D.J Taylor explores the what if scenario regarding Edward the eighth becoming king. The point of divergence occurs in 1936 when Wallis Simpson dies on the operating table. Much of the plot takes place in 1939-40 when a faction...

  10. Germany doesn't resume unrestricted submarine warfare

    The reason given for the entry of the United States into the First World War was the resumption on unrestricted submarine warfare aggravated by trhe Zinnerman cable. Germany commencted unrestricted submarine warfare in 1915 almost bringing the United States into the war then abandoned it towards...

  11. Cameron gets a majority in 2010

    Thew 2010 election resulted in a hung parliament with the Conservatives having the largest number of seats and a coalition was formed with the only other sustainable alternative being a minority conservative government. What if the Tories had managed to win more seats and had either a small...

  12. God plays dice, Einstein accepts the presidency of Israel

    In 1952 following the death of Chaiom Wizemann Einstein was offered thew presidency of Israel but he declined the offer recognising that he lackled the interperson skills. However what if he had accepted? Einstein was a supporter opf cooperation between jew and arab and was a reluctantr...

  13. What if the White Ship didn't sink

    The White Ship sank in 1120 with only two survivors. Henry 1st only legitmate son was lost with the ship resulting in a civil war on Henry's death between his daughter Matilda and Stephen and eventually the rise of the Plantagenets with numerous civil wars and a major civil war in the War of the...

  14. What if Irish Home Rule comes in before the First World War?

    The introduction of Irish Home Rule was delayed by obstruction by the House of Lords and the outbreak of the First World War resulting the Easter Rising, the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. Suppose the Asquith government had stood firmer and confronted the Unionists or the...

  15. Dominion by C.J Sansom

    A recent story with an AH theme based on the much used theme of a different outcome to the Second World War. The scenario is the consequences of Britain signing a peace agreement with Nazi Germany. The divergence point is Halifax accepting the post of Prime minister and agreeing to peace talks...

  16. No planting of Scottish settlers by James 1st in Ulster

    King James tends to be remembered for the standard English language protestant bible although he merely commissioned it. However his more lasting contribution to history was to plant Scottish settlers in Ulster as a means of pacification of rebellious Irishmen. However what if he didn't? The...

  17. No Bay of Pigs

    In April 1961 a CIA backed invasion of Cuba supproted by the Mafia and Anti-Castro elements took place and was a fiasco. Sanction had been given by the Eisenhower administration. However suppose Kennedy had refused to allow it to go ahead? The would almost certainly have been no Cuban missile...

  18. Michael Collins survives the ambush

    Michaels Collins was killed in an ambush at Beal Na Blath in 1922. Had he not stopped to fight back at the sinpers he would probably have survived. What if he hadn't challenged the ambushers and had survived? Eamonn De Valera renetered the Dail in 1927 to form an effective opposition with...

  19. The Democrat wind?

    British historians sometimes refer to a "Protestant wind" in 1688 that enabled William of Orange to land at Torbay with little opposition in England, the problems came in Scotland and Ireland where the aftermath lasted 300 or so years but in England there was a peaceful change. Hurricane Sandy...

  20. Stephen Baxter's Northland trilogy

    Not obviously AH at first sight. Set initially in the stone age on Dogger Bank the POD being defences being built to hold back the rising sea level. 2nd book has set in the bronze age
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